Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 507 Zhang Chen's version of Star Paradise
The last day of the Shanghai Film Festival is the awards ceremony.

The Jinjue Forum happened three days ago, but until today, other people still look at Zhang Chen with respect when they see him.

He is really famous for criticizing the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

It even overshadowed the Shanghai Film Festival.

I don’t know if Ren Zhonglun regretted inviting him.

Some media speculated that he was doing this to promote the movie.

Zhang Chen swore to God, it might have been the case in the past, but this time, it really wasn’t the case.

The awards were presented one by one, and the Asian Newcomer Award was basically given to Chinese-language films.

This can be regarded as the only care that the Shanghai Film Festival gives to its own people. The main competition units later on are basically awarded to foreign films and filmmakers.

This is exactly the kind of style that the Shanghai Film Festival wants, the international style.

Then when it came to the Best Actress category, it was a letdown.

There was a four-yolked egg.

Corina Harfouch, Dagmar Menzel, Kirsten Block, Christine Schein.

Who knows who they are?
Double yolk eggs are already criticized enough, let alone quadruple yolk eggs.

The problem is that the four are too outstanding and it is difficult to choose.

Then what do you judges do for a living?
Zhang Chen was speechless. Why are domestic awards not authoritative? This is how their reputation is ruined.

You deserve to never succeed.

After the Best Actress comes the Best Actor, and then after two watered-down awards comes the Best Director.

Zhang Chen was the award presenter for Best Director and he arrived backstage early. His partner was Gong Li.

"Teacher Gong Li~"

"Director Zhang Chen~"

When the staff saw the two of them, they immediately came over and said, "This is the list of Best Director winners. I suggest that Ms. Gong Li open it and Director Zhang announce it~"

"Oh why?"

"I don't know either. It was arranged by the organizing committee. Of course, it's just a suggestion."

Zhang Chen and Gong Li looked at each other, not knowing what the organizing committee was up to.

The announcer outside just announced at this time: "The next award to be presented is the Best Director Award. Let us invite the award presenters, Director Zhang Chen, Ms. Gong Li..."

Amidst applause, the two walked onto the stage.

The applause gradually died down.

"Director Zhang, this seems to be your first time attending a film festival, right?"

The two interacted casually.

"Yes, not only is this my first time attending a film festival, but it's also my first time as a guest..."

"Oh, what does it feel like?"

"I was so nervous. Just now, when I was backstage, I kept thinking about whether I should hold the trophy with my left hand or my right hand, or both hands when presenting the award..."

There was friendly laughter from the audience, and Gong Li was also amused by his casual joke.

"Oops, I forgot to thank the organizers..."

Zhang Chen's belated realization made everyone laugh again. Gong Li covered her mouth and tried to appear more elegant, but she couldn't help but smile at the corner of her eyes.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing whether you will use your left hand or your right hand..."

Gong Li said with a smile that she thought Zhang Chen was a very interesting person. For someone of her status, it didn't matter whether he was a famous director or not. In comparison, she felt that Zhang Chen was more like a talented and humorous young man.

"Can I still speak now?"

"of course."

"Thank you to the organizing committee for inviting me to be the award presenter. I heard that being a guest can allow me to advertise..."

"Ah, haha, then go ahead and hit me..."

Gong Li couldn't help it anymore, so she turned her back and let me laugh for a while.

Zhang Chen shamelessly advertised: "My first theme park, Xingchen Park, will open in Changping at the end of this month. It is the first theme park in China with independent intellectual property rights. All movies under Xingchen Entertainment have corresponding projects in it, and there is also a Pacific Rim experience project. Everyone is welcome to patronize..."

"Sister Gong Li, the advertisement is over, let's get down to business~"

Gong Li was amused again, and tried hard to hold back her laughter: "Then let's not talk too much and get to the point..."

As she opened the envelope, Zhang Chen came over and announced together: "The winner of the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival Best Director Award is Tian Zhuangzhuang, "Wu Qingyuan". Congratulations to Director Tian..."

Gong Li followed suit and clapped, while Zhang Chen was a little stunned.

No wonder the staff specifically instructed Gong Li to draw the prizes and present them themselves.

Feelings are because of this.

Giving an award to your own department head! ?

The Shanghai Film Festival can really cause a lot of trouble.

Tian Zhuangzhuang walked quickly to the podium, and the emcee came to the side holding the trophy and certificate.

Zhang Chen took a deep breath, took the trophy and certificate, and handed them solemnly to Tian Zhuangzhuang.

"Teacher, congratulations!"

Zhang Chen gave a hug, and then Tian Zhuangzhuang hugged Gong Li.

The Shanghai Film Festival organizing committee is really fun. They actually let students present awards to teachers.

The two gave the stage to Tian Zhuangzhuang to give his acceptance speech, while Zhang Chen searched the crowd and soon found Ren Zhonglun.

The latter was smiling at him with a smug look on his face, and it was obvious that all this was arranged by him.

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly. Ren Zhonglun had just played a joke on him, but he didn't know what the media would write about it tomorrow.

……

After the Shanghai Film Festival ended, many people left by flights, and the airport became the place with the highest density of celebrities.

Zhang Chen did not leave in a hurry, but followed Chen Xiaowei to Pudong, which is the location of Shanghai Juli Media, the company behind PPLive.

"Hello, Director Zhang, hello, Mr. Chen, I am Yao Xin..."

At JuLi Media, Zhang Chen met Yao Xin, the founder of PPLive, a fat man who always liked to smile.

There is actually quite a lot of hair.

"Mr. Yao, we understand that PPLive is currently in the process of raising its Series B funding. We are very optimistic about PPLive's future prospects. This is the valuation given by Xingchen Entertainment..."

Without much nonsense, Chen Xiaowei took the initiative to get to the point.

Generally speaking, the B round is led by VC or PE, and individuals or ordinary companies rarely participate.

But there are not exceptions.

A professional company like Xingchen Entertainment is also acceptable, and its joining can have a positive impact on the PPLive ecosystem.

Yao Xin obviously did not expect that Zhang Chen, the country's top director, would be interested in his product.

Can you imagine Zhang Yimou finding Pony Ma and saying he wants to invest in Tencent?

However, despite being surprised, the valuation given by Zhang Chen is really exciting - US$8400 million.

This is the company with the highest valuation among all the companies I have contacted so far.

It means that the other party is very optimistic about you.

Yao Xin was a little worried. Zhang Chen's reputation for being bellicosity was already known to everyone. At least it showed that this person had a very strong personality.

Yao Xin was worried that after introducing the other party, the other party would fight for his control.

"Ahem, Director Zhang, thank you for your kindness to our company. Can I know what your plans are for PPLive if we agree?"

Zhang and Chen on the opposite side looked at each other and understood Yao Xin's worries.

Zhang Chen got straight to the point: "Please rest assured, Mr. Yao, we are not in competition.

My career is in the film industry, and I think streaming media is a good supplement. We must have it, but it is not our main business.

As for what I will do after I become a shareholder of PPlive, I will promote the film on PPLive, as I have a lot of copyrights in my hands.”

Hearing this, Yao Xin remained expressionless, but still asked, "Excuse me, there is no copyright awareness in China right now. PPLive and several other streaming media I'm familiar with all play all movies at will..."

Yao Xin's meaning was obvious. Your so-called copyright is useless. Zhang Chen smiled slightly: "What if I say that the country will launch a special crackdown on copyright by the end of this year?"

Yao Xin, his first reaction was that Zhang Chen was bluffing him, but when he thought about the other party's identity, he became a little hesitant.

Movies and TV have always been an important part of streaming media and the most important traffic-generating tool.

If the country really starts to crack down on piracy as he said, then Zhang Chen, who owns the copyright, will be like an imperial sword, and whoever holds it will be able to inflict great damage.

The only uncertainty now is whether Zhang Chen has so many copyrights, and also whether what he said about the country cracking down on piracy is true?

The former is easy to verify as long as Zhang Chen can provide sufficient evidence.

As for the latter, no one can say for sure...

"Director Zhang, President Chen, can you let my team and I think about it?"

For now, Yao Xin can only use a delaying tactic.

"of course."

The two people opposite stood up and said, “Director Zhang is going abroad soon and wants to finalize this matter before he leaves.

Let’s put it this way. If Mr. Yao doesn’t give us a reply within three days, we will regard it as a rejection and then we will contact the alternative party…”

Yao Xin was surprised: "The alternative is..."

"PPS!"

……

Less than three days later, on the next day, Chen Xiaowei received a call from Juli Media, agreeing to their financing plan.

The two parties quickly signed the contract and then transferred the money.

The first batch of US$2100 million (about 1.5 million) was deposited into Juli Media’s account, and at the same time, it received 25% of the shares.

2100 million US dollars may seem like a lot, but Zhang Chen didn’t just guess that.

In the original time and space, at the end of 2007, DFJ, DragonMed Investments, and Shanghai Science and Technology Investment valued PPLive at US$8400 million.

This to a certain extent reflects the recognition of PPLive's value by investment institutions at the time.

At that time, PPLive was developing well and occupied an important position in the field of Internet video live streaming.

Then the three companies jointly invested US$2100 million and acquired a 25% stake.

Of course, this is at the end of the year.

Zhang Chen had taken advantage of the opportunity six months in advance.

As for the subsequent operations, he doesn't need to worry about it at all and can just leave it to Yao Xin's team.

What Zhang Chen needs to do is to promote the country's crackdown on film and television copyrights, and use the copyrights in his hands to help PPLive get back on its feet as soon as possible.

Zhang Chen is very confident about this.

Moreover, he remembers clearly several key nodes of PPLive in the future.

In the second half of the year, CCTV did not broadcast the game between Yao Ming and the Rockets and the Jazz.

Through cooperation with NBA broadcasting organizations, PPLive’s online live broadcast had a peak audience of 172 million.

After that, it won the live broadcast rights for the Beijing Olympics, and the number of user views reached an unprecedented 5000 million.

At this point, Xingchen Entertainment has finally made up for its shortcomings in streaming media. When Chen Xiaowei was in high spirits, Zhang Chen had promised her that this area would be left to her to manage in the future.

……

On June 6, the last weekend of June, Xingchen Park in Changping officially opened.

Thanks to Zhang Chen's hard work in promotion, Star Park has become quite famous.

On the opening day, there was a long queue at the door.

There are locals from BJ, as well as tourists from other places.

Before this, the most famous park in China was Shanghai Disneyland, which covers an area of ​​1.16 square kilometers.

The planned area of ​​Changping Star Park is 150 million square meters, and even the first phase covers 50 square meters.

The spaciousness is simply incomparable to that of Shanghai Disneyland.

The business concepts are similar, both are theme parks.

The main focus of Star Park is culture + technology, with various virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), dynamic track cars, dome movies, giant screen movies, etc., bringing an immersive experience to tourists.

The most popular one is "Pacific Rim".

The approach of Pacific Rim is actually similar to Flutterbear's Stand By Me Fly, with an extra-large three-dimensional screen and suspended seats.

The movie clip on the screen starts with the three siblings of the Fan family receiving the alarm, entering the cockpit of the mecha, various connections, and then the cockpit falling rapidly.

Here, what moves is certainly not the seats, but the movie pictures. Combined with the wind and surround sound created by 4D, people have the illusion that they are falling with the cockpit.

Then the cockpit merged with Storm Red.

When the vehicle is combined with vibration, the seat will also vibrate, simulating the real thing to the greatest extent.

Then they encountered Kaiju and saved the fishing boat from it.

At this time, the audience needs to press the selector at hand. If most people make the same choice, the fishing boat will be saved. If not, the fishing boat will be in trouble.

So novel!

This method is so novel!

They can actually interact!

That night, many people published their blogs.

The blog describes in detail the entire process of his day's play in Star Park.

[The beginning of "Pacific Rim" is so cool. The moment Storm Red appeared and entered the sea, I knew that there would be bloodshed today.

I can guarantee that that part is definitely the main part of Pacific Rim...】

[I also think that it must be the main film of Pacific Rim. It’s so cool…]

These are simply fans of the Pacific Rim movie.

And from a non-fan perspective:

[I played Pacific Rim and it was really immersive. Every time the giant mecha took a step in the sea, the seat under me gave feedback. I really felt like I was driving the mecha...]

[The moment when the cockpit fell was so cool. And the final rescue of the boat, half of us actually thought that killing the enemy was more important than saving people, and then the fishing boat was in trouble. Wow, it turns out that the ending of the game is related to the decision we made~]

【Comrades, is there anyone who wants to talk about something else? Well, let me tell you, I played “Dark Invasion” today and it almost scared me to death.

Let me first state that I am naturally brave and have never been afraid of entering a haunted house.

Then 'Darkness Invasion' gave me a different feeling.

It was very dark inside, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

It really seems like in the movies, you need some special props to see the monsters.

Their appearance really exceeded my expectations, especially the one above my head. I felt a chill in my crotch at that time.

Here comes the point, there is interaction!
There are several intersections along the way, and the route selection depends entirely on everyone's voting.

It is said that there are eight routes in total, but I was late twice and only tried two routes. 】

Why do I focus on completely different things from you?

What I like is the mythology they developed.

"Nuwa Mending the Sky", "Flooding Jinshan Mountain", and "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" are so good.

Combining real scenes with movies, I never thought it would be possible in my life.

To the designer of Shuimanjinshan, I have to give you a thumbs up. 】

There are all kinds of comments on the Internet, and everyone is actively telling their own entertainment stories.

But the only regret is that there are quite a few photos, but not many photos about game projects.

Of course not much!

The entertainment programs in Star Park are basically very busy. I don’t even have time to protect myself with my hands, let alone take pictures.

However, this only aroused the audience's curiosity.

More and more people are flocking to Changping.

(End of this chapter)